Last week seemed to have been quite rocky at the Umatuna Si Yu'os
The revelations about the lack of reactions from the folks at the KOLG radio station,
regarding the conflict of interest created by their GM, Therese Arroyo Matanane, taking a paid job in the Abortionist advocate Lou Leon Guerrero's gubernatorial campaign,created quite a stir.
The unexplained lack of concern from people in charge, were not mirrored by the general public. Soon after the publication of the two article addressing this issue, on this blog, several local political actors, bloggers and pundits finally started to pick up the ball and go to work on this issue.
Yet in last week paper version of the Umatuna Si Yu'os, it was easy to see the uncomfortable balancing act taken by the editor of the local Catholic paper.
While front and center was an excellent article written by Marilu Martinez on the life chain that took place the weekend prior, with the participation of hundreds of selfless volunteers, it was juxtaposed by a much less stellar article titled "Voting with a Catholic conscience", which was notable by its inability to address real issues front and forward, but instead was very vague on almost all issues.
This last article being what the common man call shooting blanks.
It is notable that in a very unusual election year on Guam, with many turns and twists, we find our Catholic medias being typically wishy wahsy.
The contrast with the faithful who volunteer, their time, effort and money in protecting life from its inception until natural death, could not be more evident.
It is as if our priest were afraid on confronting an evil without equal .
Of course we know well the lack of courage of some of our priests.
While it is greatly disheartening, it does not mean that the laity has to take it lying down.
From the reactions to these revelations, we can see many are doing just that.
What is our low energy Vicar General going to do about it?
We are waiting, but our patience has limits.
Perhaps it is time to start showing some leadership or get out of the way.
